Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for heads up

Antonyms for heads up

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : hedz-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛdzˌʌp

Definition of heads up

Origin :
  • "clever, alert," 1952, from warning cry "heads up!" (i.e. "look up!"), attested by 1939.
  • As in on the ball : adj alert
  • As in wide-awake : adj fully awake
  • As in open-eyed : adj alert
  • As in alert : adj attentive, lively
  • As in warning : noun notice of possible occurrence
  • As in look out : verb be wary
  • As in precede : verb go ahead of
  • As in preside : verb be in authority
  • As in reign : verb have power over; prevail
  • As in run : verb manage, supervise
  • As in predate : verb precede
  • As in administer : verb manage an organization or effort
  • As in control : verb have charge of
  • As in direct : verb manage, oversee
  • As in govern : verb take control; rule
Example sentences :
  • Didn't mean to get high, but I think we'll have help, if we can keep our heads up a while.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • I don't think he cares for them, just because they can hold their own heads up.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
  • I seized him by the arm, and next moment we were struggling to keep our heads up.
  • Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Heads up, they continued to watch him go in company with the Mongols.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • How are we going to get them if they never stick their heads up?
  • Extract from : « With Sully into the Sioux Land » by Joseph Mills Hanson
  • Some just poked their heads up, and all you could see were their great ears.
  • Extract from : « The Ranche on the Oxhide » by Henry Inman
  • Keep hid, Mandy, an dont let the children stick their heads up.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys After a Fortune » by Clarence Young
  • It is needless to say that no persons put their heads up for examination after that.
  • Extract from : « Fifty Notable Years » by John G. Adams
  • After a time he pulled his ponies' heads up from the grass and trotted them away.
  • Extract from : « The Way of an Indian » by Frederic Remington
  • Well, we are—just ranks and rows of us, with our heads up and the colours waving.
  • Extract from : « The Whistling Mother » by Grace S. Richmond

Synonyms for heads up

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019